Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 1997, 2:12 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 1997, 2:12 PM PDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 1997, 3:10 PM PDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLAS 012111 FFWLAS CAC071-012210- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 212 PM PDT MON SEP 01 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS NV HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 310 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA ...SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AT 210 PM PDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY NEAR TWENTYNINE PALMS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 63 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE TWENTYNINE PALMS AIRPORT. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE VICINITY DURIN\G THE PAST HOUR. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. ADAIR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 58 min |
| Sep 1, 3:08 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 67 min |
| Sep 1, 3:08 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 67 min |
| Sep 1, 4:15 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 4:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 60 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.